53rd Reggio Emilia 2010-11

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Two incredibly interesting games were played today between Navara-Caruana and Short-Morozevich. If in the first game white managed to squeeze a small advantage, in the second game Black seemed to have a decisive advantage and an attack on White King but erred and lost. The other games were drawn.

Check out the games on the official website – http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tablaGeneral.asp?iTorneoIppogrifo=25

Rilton Cup 2010/2011

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Great performance by GMs Grandelius and Shimanov who won against GMs Sokolov and Macieja respectively.

Here are the top results in round 3:

Naiditsch-Hillarp Persson 1-0
Grandelius-Sokolov 1-0
Macieja-Shimanov 0-1
Volkov-Urkedal 1-0
Smith-Gleizerov 1/2

And the top pairings of the 4th round:

Tikkanen-Naiditsch
Shimanov-Volkov
Gleizerov-Grandelius
Berg-Smith
Semcesen-Berczes

The official website of the event is – http://www.rilton.se/1011/index.html

The 2010-11 Hastings International Chess Congress

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The 3rd round didn’t finish without surprises: GM Kotronias lost to IM Prasanna after leaving his own King in the middle of the board for the whole game.

Edouard-Wohl 1/2
Rendle-Istratescu 1/2
Howell-Swapnil 1-0
Prasanna-Kotronias 1-0

Round 4 top pairings:

Ramnath-Howell
Neverov-Bates
Eggleston-Pert
Istratescu-Prasanna

The official website is: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/default.asp